Intergenerational Sunday School - Big Bethel A.M.E. Church School Podcast

In this second lesson of Advent, the Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast reflects on the manger—an ordinary, humble place that became the setting for something extraordinary. Together, we explore what the manger teaches us about God’s presence, purpose, and protection, especially when life feels unfinished or unclear. Through Scripture, reflection, and shared conversat...

In this special Advent episode of the Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we explore the Christmas story through the remarkable intersection of Scripture and science. Today we turn our attention to the Wise Men—highly educated scholars of the ancient world—and the astronomical events that led them on their historic journey to Bethlehem. Far from following myth or superstition, the Wise Men we...

Hosted by scientist and Sunday School superintendent Khamisi Walters, this podcast blends biblical teaching with scientific insight to deepen your understanding of God’s creation. Today’s episode explores the Gloria Patri, the Cyclic Universe, and why ‘as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be’ still speaks powerfully to our faith.

In this episode, we explore Third Man Syndrome—the mysterious reported by climbers, explorers, and disaster survivors—and connect it to the Fourth Man in the Fire from Daniel 3. You’ll hear powerful testimony from 9/11 survivors Ron DiFrancesco (via The American Veterans Center) and Genelle Guzman-McMillian (via Guideposts and ABC News Australia), whose stories echo the same truth: God is with us...

Through the marvels of AI, Dr. George Washington Carver returns to share timeless wisdom on faith, science, and creation. Experience this must-watch episode of The Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast — where faith meets curiosity and every conversation bridges the seen and unseen.  🎥 Watch the full visual conversation with Dr. Carver on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yN_5o...

In this inspiring episode of The Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we explore the intersection of meteorology and biblical truth with special guest Fox 5 Meteorologist Jonathan Stacey. Jonathan helps us see how the hydrological (water) cycle — evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection — is not only a marvel of atmospheric science but also a mirror of...

This week on the Big Bethel Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we welcome Professor Amandi Jendayi Rhett, a prosthetist, orthotist, author, and researcher, who shows us how faith and science meet in the remarkable phenomenon of phantom limb sensations. Together, we explore how resilience transforms “Why me?” into “Who better than me?” and how Jesus’ words—“Your faith has made you whole” (Luk...

In this episode of the Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we explore the wisdom of God’s Word through the lens of both faith and science. Our featured guest, Dr. Tracey Ragsdale — a physician and woman of faith — helps us unpack the health practices found in Leviticus and how they reveal God’s care for His people: rest for mothers, the timing of circumcision on the e...

In this episode of the Big Bethel A.M.E. Church Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we welcome Brother L. Samuel Stephens II — historian, educator, and steward at Big Bethel. Together we explore the Out of Africa theory, one of the leading models for human origins, and reflect on how it intersects with the biblical story of beginnings. Brother Sam reminds us that our history is rich — and whi...

This Sunday, our Intergenerational Sunday School explores the theme “Trusting God’s Wisdom.” Scripture records commandments that seemed mysterious to the Israelites thousands of years ago — yet modern science has revealed their deeper purpose as the very foundations of disease control and prevention. Our guest, Dr. Christopher Parker, an experienced public health leader, joins us in his personal c...

This week at Big Bethel A.M.E., our Intergenerational Church School explores coherence — both physiological and social — as a bridge between science, Scripture, and justice. Science shows that when we live in love, our bodies enter physiological coherence: heart rhythms steady, stress falls, and the body flourishes. Scripture calls this the spirit of God within us — eternal and life-giving. But co...

In this episode of Big Bethel AME Church’s Intergenerational Sunday School Podcast, we step into the conversation “From Physics to Faith” — exploring how the scientific concept of spacetime parallels the biblical truth of the Book of Life. Together, we reflect on how the laws of the universe point us toward God’s eternal promises, and how Scripture gives meaning beyond what physics can measure. Gu...

In this week’s Intergenerational Sunday School at Big Bethel AME Church, we explore the fascinating connection between faith, the mind, and the body through the lens of the placebo effect. Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Swayne Anthony Cofield — a board-certified family medicine physician and ordained minister — joins us to discuss what the placebo effect is, how it works, and what it reveals about the pow...

In this inaugural episode of Intergenerational Sunday School, we explore the profound connections between faith and neuroscience in a conversation titled "Mind Over Matter." We're joined by two distinguished subject matter experts: Dr. Jacqueline McFarland Washington, MD, a board-certified neurologist and Emory's first Black female professor in the Department of Neurology, and...